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Championing simple acts of kindness, this exquisite picture book explores the importance of friendship and the joy of giving. The house across the road looks abandoned, but Rosie knows someone lives there. She decides to give her mystery neighbour a gift - something different, something unusual, something surprising. Something her mum would have been proud of.

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9781761041969

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Michael Speechley has been a graphic designer and high school art teacher in WA. His first picture book, The All New Must Have Orange 430, explores themes of consumerism and the environment. It was shortlisted and awarded as an Honour Book in the Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Children's Book of the Year Award in 2019, and was the winner of The Wilderness Society's 2019 Environment Award for Children's Literature, Picture Books. His second book is The Gift, which was published in September 2019. This book deals with loss, kindness and the joy of giving. It was a Notable Book in the 2020 CBCA Book of the Year Awards, and was shortlisted for the 2019 Western Australian Premier's Book Awards.

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